The Stoner’s Travel Guide to Upper Michigan by Gene Check – Limited First Edition Hardcover Books

The Stoner’s Travel Guide to Upper Michigan by Gene Check – Limited First Edition Hardcover Books

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The hardcover Stoner’s Travel Guide to Upper Michigan books are here! Written by Gene Check and Edited by Jessica Struzik. There were only 25 first edition hard cover books printed in July 2022. They are beautiful, and are sure to be a collector’s item!

Personalize your copy with a free signature from the author and editor.

If you are a business owner in Upper Michigan, your hardcover book purchase will get you a FREE 6 month featured listing in 1 category at Yoopertopia.com.

First Edition Hardcover, Case Bound, July 2022
Book measures 5.5″ x 8.5″
Each book weighs approximately 10.81 oz / .6762 lbs
129 pages: 119 b&w pages / 10 color pages / 46 Illustrations.
24 Chapters

The Stoner’s Travel Guide to Upper Michigan by Gene Check – Limited First Edition Hardcover Books
Stop by PoetryGrrrl

Stop by PoetryGrrrl

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Stop wasting your life
wating for people
who never show up,
whether literally
or just metaphorically.

If they really wanted to,
they could not be prevented
by every single circumstance
no matter how big or small,
for all of eternity,
until the end of time,
from being part of your life.
Armed with nothing
but some lame excuse,
and they didn’t even try
to make it sound convincing.

I only want what is meant for me.
There’s nothing I feel is worth forcing.
And if actions don’t match words,
well, the truth is forthcoming.
Why suffer for something
I know is not real?
If I know it’s a lie,
what’s the appeal?

No more squandering precious time
on these one-sided deals.
Move forward instead.
Be happy, and heal.

~Poetry Grrrl

My Love by PoetryGrrrl

My Love by PoetryGrrrl

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You’ll never know all of the things I won’t say.

I will never admit you still cross my heart
At least a hundred times a day.

There would be no point to declare
That I still long for you.
That I still crave you.
That without you, I pine away
while other men speak of my beauty,
and beg to be my slave.

I feel nothing.
I am dead inside if not for pain.
It makes me miss you more.

Nothing is a fitting substitute for you, my love
But I would sooner die than say
that You are my whole heart.
That I would beg to be Your slave.
That You are the only person I want to say I’m beautiful.
That I still miss You every moment of every day.

They say “be careful what you wish for”
Well, I know better anyway.

No one could ever pray to compete
with the ghost of you inside my head.
Not even you, my dearest love.
My living, breathing daydream.

This love is so bittersweet.

“I Miss the Old Days”

“I Miss the Old Days”

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Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg are depicted here dueling topless in August 1892.
Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg dueling topless in August 1892.

Next time some misguided person rambles on about how much they miss the “Old Days” because women were quiet, modest, and covered up… remind them of that time in August 1892 when Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg dueled topless to settle a matter of honour.

The princess argued with the Countess Anastasia Kielmansegg over the flower arrangements at Vienna Musical and Theatrical Exhibition. In 1892, honour demanded the two women settle their dispute with swords.

At their sides they had their seconds, Princess Schwarzenberg and Countess Kinsky.

The reason this duel was topless was because the woman presiding over the duel, Baroness Lubinska, was a MD who had seen wartime wounds, and she was worried about infection if a piece of silk fabric were to become embedded in the wound.

Pauline received a small cut to the nose, and Anastasia was stabbed in the bicep.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/647839/pdf

Seasons Greetings from PoetryGrrrl

Seasons Greetings from PoetryGrrrl

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Hello lovely people! As this year comes to an end, I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Holidays! Happy Festivus for the rest of us! And a very happy New Year! Whatever you are celebrating this week, may your hearts and your homes be full of peace, joy and love. <3

In this photo provided by Dartmouth College, one of Robert Frost’s Christmas cards is seen. Famed poet Frost once waited until July to send his Christmas cards. (AP Photo/Dartmouth College)
An inadequate poem by ephemera

An inadequate poem by ephemera

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This is so beautiful…

A poem falls short; I’d like, instead
to draw a single line from me to you
and watch it curl into a word
so beautiful it’s still unsaid –
or press paper to the window pane
so that the day might saturate
a note that brightly warms your hands,
spills birdsong from imagined trees
and buzzes like fat bumblebees,
but I am bound by language, love; I can’t.

An inadequate poem by ephemera

Forever Crying With Deep pain by Sara Tubbs

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Forever Crying With Deep pain

As my body weeps in agony

Distress goes through me

As my mind fills with grief

Pain still everlasting.

As my heart burns with fear

Time is never ending

As my legs walk through misery

Tormenting with every step

As my hands cramp with anguish

I pray for Comfort always

As my back bends over and sobs

Determined to take another step

As my soul screams with suffering

My voice wails for relief

As my eyes shed silent tears

My overwhelming cry for Peace.

Sara Meincke Tubbs

Peace in the World – Chinese Proverb

Peace in the World – Chinese Proverb

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Peace in the World – Chinese Proverb

If there is light in the soul,
There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.

Peace in the World – Chinese Proverb

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